Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

Science curriculum for K—5th grades.

90 sec
  • Hands-on — lead students in the doing of science and engineering.
  • Standards-aligned science lessons — Cover core standards in 1-2 hours of science per week.
  • Less prep, more learning — prep in minutes not hours. Captivate your students with short videos and discussion questions.

Sign up now to try Mystery Science for free.

Sign up

Open-and-go lessons that inspire kids to love science.

Sign up now for tons of free lessons like this one!

Mini-lessons

Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Bees usually make yellow honey from sweet yellow nectar. These bees made blue and red honey! What sweet thing did they eat?
5
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
The bees that made blue honey ate blue sugar from M&Ms! The bees that made red honey drank red, sugary cherry juice.
5
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
This beekeeper is pulling up carpet in a bedroom to get under the floor. Why do you think he’s doing this?
4
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
He heard a buzzing sound under the floor and look what he found! It’s an entire beehive.
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Check out this giant swarm of bees. They followed this car for days. Why do you think the bees won’t leave this car alone?
3
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
A special bee, the queen bee, accidentally got trapped in the car! The swarm was trying to "save" her! Look how large the queen is.
3
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
Imagine you wanted to move bees to a different place. What could you use that wouldn’t hurt them? Think like an inventor!
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
People use vacuum cleaners to move bees! This kind of vacuum safely sucks up bees in a bucket so people can move them.
2
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
These all look like bees, but only one is a real bee. Which one do you think is the bee? Why? What do you think the others are?
1
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
Here’s the honey bee!
1
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
Here’s a wasp! Most honey bees look “furrier” than wasps. That's one way you can usually tell bees and wasps apart.
1
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
Here’s a fly and a beetle! The fly has very large eyes. The beetle’s legs spread more to the side and its wings are hidden.
1
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
We’ve been talking a lot about honey bees, but there are TONS of different kinds of bees - like this blue bee and this super fuzzy bee!
1
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Slide Image
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen
Full Screen
Controls Icon Exit Full Screen

Voting for this episode is now closed. Would you like to vote on the most recent poll?

We pulled three questions from our jar. Which question do you want to explore?

  • Where does wind come from?

    -Sally, 3rd Grade

  • What’s the largest flying animal?

    -Lincoln, 4th Grade

  • What makes glue sticky?

    -Norah, 3rd Grade

How do bees make honey?

Watch the video to discover the answer and don't forget to vote for next week's question. There are mysteries all around us. Have fun and stay curious!